Chapter 179 Tang Yun's Visit
"Granddaughter knows her mistake." Min Yuexi was both annoyed and ashamed, and quickly curtsied, "Granddaughter will take the person away now."
Madam He knew that if she didn't speak up now, she would miss her chance. Ignoring the number of people present, she immediately blurted out, "Grandma! The eldest young lady, wanting to manage the household, refused to marry and instead plotted to send the second young lady to her own fiancé's bed!"
"Not only have they ruined the Second Miss's reputation, but now they're forcing her to marry into the Sun family!"
"Madam! The Second Miss has already lost her virginity. If she marries into the Sun family, will she have any chance of survival?"
"The eldest young lady is clearly trying to send the second young lady to her death!"
This is her daughter's only chance to live!
In order to prevent her daughter from marrying into the Sun family, she and her daughter had already used tricks to make Tang Yunxiu and her daughter consummate their marriage when Tang Yunxiu came to visit.
Originally, she thought that her daughter could remarry Tang Yunxiu and thus get rid of the Sun and Min families.
Who knew that Min Yuexi would act so unpredictably? After all that happened, she was able to act as if nothing had happened, letting Tang Yunxiu leave without mentioning the annulment of the engagement. Instead, she became even more eager to force Min Yuerui to marry into the Sun family.
If she hadn't heard that Madam Min Qiao had returned, she would have run to the estate to look for her.
Madam He wept bitterly, "Madam, even if the Second Miss has a thousand faults, she is still only a fifteen-year-old girl! Please, I beg you, help her!"
“I know it was all my fault before! I’m willing to give my life to get even a little bit of pity from the Grand Madam for the Second Miss.”
"I beg the Grand Madam to help the Second Miss!"
Min Qiao looked at He Shi and sneered, "The Sun family is now a den of dragons and tigers. I can understand if you don't want your daughter to marry into it."
"But as for you trying to take advantage of me, I can only say you're overthinking it."
"I don't even care about my own son Min Rong's affairs, so how can I care about He Rui, who has no blood relation to me?"
After saying that, he turned and went into the courtyard.
The word "close the door" completely extinguished the He family's last hope.
Min Qiaoshi may not want to get involved, but that doesn't mean she doesn't want to be a bystander.
After Min Yuexi took He Shi away, she sought out a maid who knew the situation to find out what had happened.
It turned out that just two days ago, Tang Yunxiu took advantage of the Hanlin Academy's holiday to visit them. He casually mentioned the matter of marriage.
Several months have passed since the engagement was arranged.
Tang Yunxiu and his mother wanted to get the marriage done before the end of the year.
In this way, when colleagues visit during the Chinese New Year, there will be a female head of the household who can manage the household affairs.
The real reason was to marry Min Yuexi to enhance his family's prestige. For a poor peasant boy to marry the daughter of a noble family was a prestigious affair, adding luster to his ancestors' tablets.
Min Rong had indeed discussed this matter with Min Yuexi.
Since Min Yuexi took over the Marquis's mansion, Min Rong's life has been relatively smooth, so he wanted to keep Min Yuexi for another two years.
Min Yuexi has just taken over the Marquis's mansion and still has many things she wants to do, so she doesn't want to get married yet.
The father and daughter immediately agreed to wait two years until Min Yuexi turned seventeen before getting married. Since the marriage was already arranged and the other party came from such a prestigious family, they weren't worried that the Tang family wouldn't obediently wait two years.
With this tacit understanding, when Tang Yunxiu mentioned the idea of marriage, Min Rong refused without hesitation. He said that Min Yuexi was still young, and he couldn't bear to see her get married so early. The marriage should be discussed again in two years.
Upon hearing this, Tang Yunxiu felt as if struck by lightning, and he felt even more resentful towards Min Rong's condescending tone.
However, since he felt he was indeed marrying above his station, he could only suppress his resentment.
Just as Tang Yunxiu finished his lunch and was about to leave, he was led by a servant to Madam He's residence.
The excuses they used were perfectly legitimate.
It was He Shi who acted as matchmaker for Tang Yunxiu and Min Yuexi's marriage!
It doesn't seem unreasonable to let Tang Yunxiu meet with the matchmaker, Madam He.
However, it is unknown what the two said, but later, Tang Yunxiu and Min Yuerui were found sleeping together by the servants.
Madam He didn't dare to make a fuss, but only called Min Yuexi and Madam Wu over to discuss it.
Wu was naturally furious and went up to fight He and her daughter.
He didn't fight back when hit or verbally abused; she only asked Wu to find a way to resolve the problem. Min Yuerui, on the other hand, just kept crying.
Tang Yunxiu, on the other hand, looked indignant and said that he was summoned by Madam He, had a cup of tea, and then lost consciousness.
It's obvious to anyone what He is up to.
However, Min Yuexi suppressed her disgust and said that it had nothing to do with Tang Yunxiu, that their marriage agreement remained unchanged, and that she would let him leave.
Then he told the He mother and daughter that he would make sure Min Yuerui married into the Sun family, even if it meant his death.
Afterwards, he ordered people to keep He and her daughter under separate guard.
Money makes the world go round. After spending money, Madam He learned that Madam Min Qiao had returned to the Marquis's mansion. She immediately spent a lot of money to have the maid guarding her open the gate and let her out.
That's why this whole thing happened at the entrance of Songhetang.
After the little girl left, Madam Min Qiao couldn't help but shake her head at Wei Jia, "Min Yuexi is indeed useless."
She said with obvious disdain, "Everyone knows He's identity, why didn't you take precautions? You actually gave her the freedom to move around, and she even led Tang Yunxiu into a trap?"
"The most ridiculous thing is that afterward, she locked up He Shi. Couldn't she have just plundered her belongings? And given her the opportunity to bribe the guards and servants?"
"Truly utterly foolish."
Wei Jia came to report on the affairs at the estate, and also to inform Su Rongrong about the preparations for her dowry. She also needed to ask about the timing of the Enping Earl's Mansion's visit.
As a result, before she could even report the matter, she ended up getting a mouthful of gossip herself.
Hearing about Min Yuexi's actions throughout the whole affair, Wei Jia also felt extremely embarrassed.
She genuinely wanted to help Min Yuexi and make her a shield in front of the Min Qiao family.
But as it turns out, Min Yuexi wasn't as good as she had imagined.
To cover up her embarrassment, Wei Jia had no choice but to change the subject, quickly stating her purpose for coming, and then hurriedly leaving under the pretext of having something to do.
Madam Min Qiao did not take Min Yuexi's inaction to heart.
Because she didn't care at all whether Min Yuexi could manage the Marquis's mansion well.
As long as Mrs. He doesn't cause any more trouble in front of her, that's fine.
That was the end of it.
However, an even bigger bombshell was yet to come.
The next day, just as Madam Min Qiao got up, a servant came to report that Madam Tang Yun had come to visit.
"Tang Yunshi?" Min Qiaoshi looked at Ayi with suspicion. "What is her relationship with Tang Yunxiu?"
Ayi was prepared. When she heard Min Qiao ask the question, she quickly explained, "Tang Yunshi is Tang Yunxiu's mother. It is said that the character 'Yun' in Tang Yunxiu's name was taken as the surname Yunshi."
Madam Min asked curiously, "What does she want to see me for?"
After thinking for a moment, Ayi said, "The Grand Madam is an elder. Since Tang Yunshi is a guest in the mansion, according to the rules, she should naturally come to pay her respects to the Grand Madam."
Aqi, standing to the side, had a different opinion: "Grandma, do you think that Grandma Tang came here because of the Second Miss's matter?"
Min Qiao was taken aback.
Really?
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